EDC 102H F15 2015-10-21

Goal: Relate KIPP Story to Concerns about Charter Schools

Agenda

• Opening:
  • Listen to NPR report on charter schools.
  • How can we use charter schools to improve public schooling in America?
• Zotero adventures?
• Work Hard Be Nice (Work in School Investigation Teams)
  • Update chapter summaries
  • What is the "arc" of the story? (How would you group the chapters).
  • What excites you about KIPP?
  • What concerns do you have?
  • What can neighborhood schools learn?
  • What concerns about charter schools are expressed by Diane Ravitch?
• How can you use your LRKB to make sense of complex issues over extended times?
  • One strategy: A Synthesis Page
  • Sample Synthesis Page: KIPP Schools

Homework

• Read: Mathews 2009 pp. 211-262
• Polish Community Descriptions